History of Section.P.L. 1942, ch. 1233, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1951, ch. 2727, art. 1, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 8-2-9; Repealed by P.L. 2002, ch. 222, § 3; P.L. 2002, ch. 377, § 4, effective June 28, 2002.